Staff Attorney - Immigrants & Workers' Rights (TSAP)

Legal Aid Chicago (Formerly LAF) • Chicago, IL • 3h ago

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For over 50 years, Legal Aid Chicago has provided free civil legal assistance to people living in poverty in metropolitan Chicago. Each year our attorneys, volunteers, and staff help resolve civil legal problems, including domestic violence, consumer fraud, and unfair evictions. Legal Aid Chicago was founded on the philosophy that all individuals are entitled to quality civil legal representation, regardless of their income. We work to ensure that poverty is not an impediment to justice.

Legal Aid Chicago offers a hybrid work environment. Our office, located in downtown Chicago, is ADA accessible and has convenient access to public transportation and local expressways. This position may require travel to court or other outreach events.

Position: Legal Aid Chicago seeks a full-time Staff Attorney to work in the Trafficking Survivor Assistance Project (TSAP) within the Immigrants & Workers Rights Practice Group (IWR). IWR includes the areas of employment, immigration, migrant farmworker, and human trafficking law. IWRs four teams work independently and in an interdisciplinary manner, when these areas of law intersect. This position works collaboratively within a supportive team of attorneys and paralegals and reports to an experienced Supervisory Attorney.

This role provides the opportunity to collaborate with survivors of human trafficking, with a focus on labor trafficking, immigration law, and victim advocacy. TSAP prides itself in trauma-informed, client-led, and wrap around advocacy; advice, brief services, full and limited scope representation to individuals and families applying for affirmative relief before U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), the U.S. Department of State, and defensive relief before the Executive Office of Immigration Review and the Board of Immigration Appeals; and victim advocacy for survivors. Areas of primary practice include T visas and T visa-based adjustment of status applications, however, the position also includes representation in a diversity of immigration applications and advocacy for collateral needs, such as victim representation, social work and public benefits.

Responsibilities:

Manage a caseload and provide full and limited scope legal

representation

Interview eligible clients on a wide range of Immigration issues and

provide advice and brief services for eligible immigrants with a focus on identifying trafficking

Participate in advocacy to address systemic issues

Participate in weekly team meetings to present new cases and reach

team consensus on representation

Represent clients in applications before USCIS, DOS, and EOIR in

detained and non-detained proceedings

Represent and advocate for victims

Work collaboratively with Legal Aid Chicago staff, students, and

volunteers to provide comprehensive legal services

Work with other IWR staff members in any interdisciplinary work

Make appropriate referrals inside the organization and to external

partners

Maintain accurate case files and timely record timekeeping in

electronic case management system

Assist with grant reporting, as appropriate and applicable

Conduct community education outreach and build relationships with

community partners

Participate in training agencies, advocates, clients, or community

groups about legal services and rights impacting vulnerable people

Participate in other activities related to poverty law including

publication, permissible legislative and administrative advocacy, media relations, and fundraising as needed

Manage other duties as determined by the Supervisory Attorney and

the Director

Salary and Benefits:

This position is part of the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, UAW Local 2320. The Collective Bargaining Agreement sets employment terms, and compensation is determined by the CBA salary scale, based on paid experience.

The budgeted salary range for this position is \$69,433-\$77,090, which reflects 0-10 years of paid, credited experience.

Legal Aid Chicago offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

Bilingual Staff Attorneys are eligible for an additional stipend

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, effective the first day of employment

Time Off: 15 vacation days and 18 sick days accrued within the first year of employment

19 paid holidays, including four (4) floating holidays

Twelve weeks of Paid Parental Leave at 100% of the salary after six months of employment

403(b) retirement plan with an employer contribution after one year of employment

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